Whenever it rains in Karachi, it’s considered to be a blessing. Despite the fact that the electricity is out for ages, it makes for some pretty great chai and samosa weather. However, heavy rainfall has never truly suited Karachi.
This time around, when it started raining, people were initially relieved.
Bharia Icon tower #Karachi pic.twitter.com/VK8UEWR8om
— Ahsan Jamil (@ajlongshanks) August 31, 2017
However, things soon turned pretty serious when Karachiites were given multiple flood warnings. Therefore, everyone in the city braced for the impact the heavy rainfall would have. It started off pretty normally…
#KarachiRain☔️ @Karachi_Times @Karachi pic.twitter.com/XDjEGSYtae
— Humanist (@DrTariqsohail) August 31, 2017
…but things have taken an ugly turn
Karachi has been left submerged under water after all the heavy rainfall
Vehicles have broken down
Roads have been left flooded
8:30am , 31 Aug 2017 KDA chorangi north nazimabad..
Posted by Wasif Hussain on Mittwoch, 30. August 2017
And the people of Karachi have been sharing videos and pictures to warn fellow civilians about which routes to avoid
A video of #Karachi #rain on the #NIPA flyover #GulshaneIqbal. Just received it on my #WhatsApp pic.twitter.com/3SzmvoIvkz
— Annus Raza (@annusraza) August 31, 2017
It’s all sorts of terrifying
#Karachi'Z Situation #Rain…! pic.twitter.com/G5skIBlhik
— Mr. SAR (@AliJaff151214) August 31, 2017
And it’s clear that the heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding will leave Karachi damaged in many ways
#Rain Karachi area baffar zone situation worst pic.twitter.com/sthP2hq6pl
— Muhammad amin anwar (@amin_anwar6) August 31, 2017
People have been left stranded
Another view of beautiful weather in karachi ?#rain pic.twitter.com/NzG81SFcac
— Aqsa khan (@ShinyAqsa) August 31, 2017
Some people have been joking about swimming to work.
It's a flood-like situation on roads in #Karachi.
Just 'swam' to work after 1.5 hours.
Thanks to a friend. pic.twitter.com/mFoT8ZDM0u— azhar khan (@Azharkh4) August 31, 2017
Others have been sharing videos of how the streets of Karachi resemble rivers
Basically, it’s pretty bad
Shame on city Government !!
Karachi pic.twitter.com/4vO67716pA— A. Waheed Engineer (@uae503962929) August 31, 2017
And everyone’s hoping it doesn’t get worse
#KarachiRains #Karachi #RainFlood pic.twitter.com/sqSMXxTIcS
— Raza Haroon (@mrazaharoon) August 31, 2017
Because Karachi probably won’t be able to handle it
#Karachi: #UrbanFlooding at #HawkesBay road.#KHIAlerts #KarachiRain #KarachiSinks pic.twitter.com/7goVaNe5h2
— SherY – (@sherytheketchup) August 31, 2017
Things don’t look too great
Heavy Rain paralysed Karachi, Sarkar's Nizam collapsed. pic.twitter.com/J4ZHBsOjPL
— AaDiL Jillani (@Aadil_Jillani) August 31, 2017
And people are really worried
Karachi Floods: Situation Worsens as Heavy Rains Continue! [View Pictures] https://t.co/GWKwlYPZFd pic.twitter.com/NuO4iL30Hu
— Lollywood Life (@Lollywood_Life) August 31, 2017
What’s worse is that casualties are also being reported.
Five die of electrocution as torrential #rain wreaks havoc in #Karachi.
Read: https://t.co/mgmyotJBpF pic.twitter.com/TqatEbkqcj
— ARY News (@ARYNEWSOFFICIAL) August 31, 2017
Here’s hoping everyone who’s out right now makes it back home safely.
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